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Today’s Park & Holiday Home Inspiration understatement: Barry Payne and his wife are pretty good at crafts. Barry took on the task of recreating the stunning Prestige Sonata II, using only matchsticks for the majority of the construction. Not to be outdone, his wife also created a caravan of yesteryear using the same method.
The mini Prestige process
Barry explains exactly how he managed to make the magnificent miniature…
• Drew elevation plans.
• Took all external measurements.
• Scaled down to 1/30th.
• Cut wall and roof shapes from photographic mounting card also cutting holes for doors and windows.
• Using 6mm MDF for a base, built up skirt walls.
• Covered the four main walls with matches then glued them together.
• Fitted roof boards and gable and then covered with matches.
• Made all doors and windows with matches then fitted to holes in walls.
• Made and fitted roof cappings, fascias, gutters and downpipes, steps and handrails.
• Painted finished home.
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“This was an ideal hobby in view of the weather we have had,” explains Barry.
“I would like to make a match stick lodge, next, but I need get hold of the details, measurements and pictures to work with.
“Not bad efforts from a pair of the nation’s wrinklies aged over 70!”
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